Calendar of Events
Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
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Mountain Makers Craft Market is a monthly indie art fair designed to cultivate community in Western NC. Located in Downtown Waynesville, we bring together 20+ artisans selling handmade and vintage goods that’ll make you smile! Join us on the first Sunday of each month from 12p-4p at 308 N. Haywood Street, and visit MountainMakersMarket.com
Jackson Arts Market is WNC makers and music festival every Saturday rain or shine on Main street in downtown Sylva 1 – 5. Connect with local creators where everything for sale is handmade. Learn their artistic processes with demonstrations and workshops with live music.
more info at jacksonartsmarket.com
Mountain Makers Craft Market is a monthly indie art fair designed to cultivate community in Western NC. Located in Downtown Waynesville, we bring together 20+ artisans selling handmade and vintage goods that’ll make you smile! Join us on the first Sunday of each month from 12p-4p at 308 N. Haywood Street, and visit MountainMakersMarket.com
Introducing local Asheville resident, Adora Winquist of ADORAtherapy, a world-renowned healer, alchemist and author.
Adora will be hosting a book signing and product demo at the Asheville Salt Cave on Thurs August 5th. Her new book titled “Detox,Nourish, Activate: Plant and Vibrational Medicine for Energy, Mood and Love” was released beginning of July 2021 and has received rave reviews. The book can be ordered from her website, Aeon Books, or Amazon, or at the event.
This revolutionary book guides readers along the path of self-mastery and the ultimate expression of their personal truth, offering a three- step system designed to heal trauma at the core level from this lifetime and many previous generations. Three well-being areas are explored in-depth, with eleven primary alchemical interventions to facilitate healing down to the DNA level.
We would love the opportunity to introduce you to Adora and to share this revolutionary book with you. Please join her at this event, held outdoors in the gardens at the renowned Asheville Salt Cave Spa. This nature-inspired salt cave offers pure relaxation and a chance to recharge, with 20 tons of pure pink salt that has naturally recreated the micro climate of a salt mine. This climate is maintained with the specific temperature and humidity levels found in a naturally occurring cave. The salt in their cave comes from all corners of the earth: from deep in the Polish salt mines, to the Dead Sea, to the Himalayan Mountains, to the Celtic Sea. It is antibacterial, uncontaminated by dirt, and is free of toxins and pollutants.
Adora and the Asheville Salt Cave promise an evening of reflection, relaxation, meditation and purpose.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Sliding Scale $10-30
Register here: https://organicgrowersschool.org/…/2021-seed-saving-aug/
Knowing how to save our own seed is an important and fun skill that anyone can learn how to do, and make part of one’s current garden plans. Seed Saving is an accessible craft that can actually make you a better gardener by helping you understand the full life cycle of plants and botany. Learn why, how, and when to save seeds; with a focus on harvesting and processing for viability, good germination, and storage. This class will include demonstrations on low tech seed processing methods.
Join author and seed farmer Bevin Cohen for this fun and informative free virtual workshop! Cohen will explain the importance of saving our garden seeds, sharing their stories, and giving the gift of seed to others. Learn the basics of this traditional skill and start saving seeds from your own gardens! Bring your seed saving questions and have them answered during the Q&A session after Bevin’s presentation!
Bevin Cohen is an author, herbalist, gardener, seed saver, and educator. He’s the owner of Small House Farm and the founder of Michigan Seed Library, a community seed-sharing initiative that has worked to establish more than 90 seed library programs! He offers workshops and lectures nationwide on the benefits of living closer to the land through seeds, herbs and locally-grown food. Bevin is a freelance writer and videographer whose work has appeared in numerous publications including Mother Earth News, Hobby Farms, Grit Magazine, and the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company catalog. He is the author of Saving Our Seeds and The Artisan Herbalist. You can learn more about Bevin’s work at http://www.smallhousefarm.com.
Black Mountain Blooms Seed Lending Library which is one of the many projects sponsored by the Friends of the Black Mountain Library.
Mountain Makers Craft Market is a monthly indie art fair designed to cultivate community in Western NC. Located in Downtown Waynesville, we bring together 20+ artisans selling handmade and vintage goods that’ll make you smile! Join us on the first Sunday of each month from 12p-4p at 308 N. Haywood Street, and visit MountainMakersMarket.com
3 keys to reconnecting with your heart and embodying your inner guidance. In this free live online workshop with Corinna Wood, you’ll learn the little known truths of how to get yourself unstuck so you can finally love and accept yourself for who you are. See real life examples of healing yourself from the inside out that you too can do––and where to get started, from an earth-based, woman-centered perspective.
RidgefieldToastmasters invites everyone to its online open house to meet members and watch special presentations on persuasion and improvisation.
After hearing a session on how to structure and develop an effective process for changing thinking or behavior, the meeting will switch to fun and useful examples of impromptu speeches and improvisation. The event will include a demonstration of an effective evaluation.
Ridgefield Toastmasters Open House
September 24, 2021
Online (Zoom)
Meeting ID 854 5701 5028
Noon until 1300 (Eastern)
A discussion with author, Dr. Jason Karlawish, and MemoryCare Founder, Dr. Margaret Noel. “The Problem of Alzheimer’s” is a definitive and compelling book that traces the disease from its beginnings to its recognition as a crisis. Dr. Karlawish is an internationally recognized speaker, dementia expert, geriatrician, bioethicist, researcher, writer, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Hosted by MemoryCare, a local nonprofit that assists families affected by dementia, for virtual attendance via Zoom only.
Mountain Makers Craft Market is a monthly indie art fair designed to cultivate community in Western NC. Located in Downtown Waynesville, we bring together 20+ artisans selling handmade and vintage goods that’ll make you smile! Join us on the first Sunday of each month from 12p-4p at 308 N. Haywood Street, and visit MountainMakersMarket.com
Pilobolus: Connecting with Balance Workshop
Connecting with Balance is a one-hour class designed to help people of any age reconnect with their bodies and environment. Exercises in mobility and balance will encourage participants to maintain and improve stability, think creatively, and build community through social engagement. This class is open to all levels of ability – even those who remain seated throughout. No previous experience is required, and no special equipment needed.
90 Minutes. Maximum of 20 participants.
Registration link coming soon – please check back.
WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS
Pilobolus Intermediate & Pre-professional Masterclass
The core values of Pilobolus workshops are the three Cs of creativity, collaboration and communication. Our workshop created for movers and dancers uses Pilobolus signature techniques of improvisation and movement creation to elevate training to the next level and reinvigorate creative impulses. The class, taught by current company members, is designed to stretch the limits of movers and performers ages 16 and up. The class will include partnering, collaborative choreography and peer to peer feedback. The class will end with a showing of work created in class.
90 Minutes. Maximum of 20 participants.
Registration link coming soon – please check back.
Mark your calendar ~
Save the date for the 14th Annual HEAL Retreat. That’s right! Retreat; not Conference.
This year, instead of more workshops and CEs we’re shifting gears and preparing for a full day of care-for-the-provider sessions and connection. We’ll have dynamic speakers and networking while we spend a gorgeous WNC fall day rejuvenating. Doesn’t that sound so good!? After this past year and now with re-entry to ‘normal,’ this is how we have chosen to provide professional development for eating disorders clinicians in 2021. Stay tuned for more information soon. For now… please just put it on your calendar and plan to be with us on Friday, October 8th! Ahhhhhhh
WNC Garlic Fest was founded by Sow True Seed with the aim of bringing the awesome world of garlic to the awesome people of Western Northern Carolina. In 2019 The Utopian Seed Project took over as event organizer, but continues to work with Sow True Seed as event partners.
At its heart, WNC Garlic Fest is a celebration of all things garlic. The festival brings together local garlic-inspired vendors to create a family friendly farmers market feel infused with so much garlic! The WNC Garlic Trail is an unforgettable experience of local creativity and flavors as participating vendors offer garlic infused samples. And our commitment to education and growing gives everyone an opportunity to learn about growing great garlic.
WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS
Pilobolus: Open Workshop
The core values of Pilobolus are creativity, collaboration and communication. This workshop welcomes all to experience Pilobolus’s creative process and our signature partnering techniques. Current company members will guide participants to discover their own unique artistic voice and learn how to work with others to create original material collaboratively. This class is playful, group-driven, physically challenging and fun. Pilobolus fans and curious minds from all walks of life will learn to access untapped areas of creativity and improve effectiveness in a group. Each class concludes with a choreographic project and performance for their peers. Workshops are perfect for participants of all experience and skill levels.
90 Minutes. Maximum of 30 participants.
Registration link coming soon – please check back.
Join us for Speed Coaching featuring Certified Coaches Wanda Marie and Lesley King. They are both experienced in Business and Life Coaching. To learn more about them, visit CoachWandaMarie.com and LesleyKingEmpower.com. To learn more about the event, visit plrconnectevents.com
Join instructor Jacqueline along with vocal meditation specialist and sound healer Shana Adams for this collaborative workshop experience.
The two will teach different breathing techniques and the benefits of each, linking them together with an asana to create a gentle flow. Shana will play the pan drum during the yoga portion.
After yoga, Shana will lead participants through a few sound activities for the collective group. She’ll then introduce the chakra bowls, in which Jacqueline will lead a point by point relaxation while Shana plays the chakra bowls, creating a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere to fully unwind and release.
The workshop will end with a 7-10 minute savasana sound bath.
This workshop is $30. If you have a yoga membership, email or DM us for a 10% off discount code!
Whether you’re a seasoned actor who’s new to improv or an improviser who wants more tools – The Bearded Company is known for our particular performance style and we want to share what we know. Learn our passionate approach to characters, emotions, physicality, language, and connection to scene partners. Improv isn’t just a tool for comedy – join us in bringing love, rage and lunacy to the stage!
About The Bearded Company:
Since 2006, The Bearded Company have been taking audiences on fully improvised adventures. In 2014, the Beards expanded their reach into Los Angeles. The group has created many sold-out shows including Swords and Sorcery: The Improvised Campaign, Bearded Manor, and their mainstay Epic Adventures. They now also have a new hit podcast, Break the Dice: The Improvised Campaign, created out of their D&D-based stage show. The Bearded Company also performs and teaches on tours and in festivals throughout the country and Canada. Whether they’re at their home theaters in LA or Minneapolis, on the road, or online, expect the unexpected.
Over the years we’ve told hundreds of stories without a script and we want to share what we’ve learned. If you’re a novelist, a screenwriter, or even a TikToker – discover how improv can help your storytelling. We will dive into genre, character work, poetry and more in our exploration of story.
About The Bearded Company:
Since 2006, The Bearded Company have been taking audiences on fully improvised adventures. In 2014, the Beards expanded their reach into Los Angeles. The group has created many sold-out shows including Swords and Sorcery: The Improvised Campaign, Bearded Manor, and their mainstay Epic Adventures. They now also have a new hit podcast, Break the Dice: The Improvised Campaign, created out of their D&D-based stage show. The Bearded Company also performs and teaches on tours and in festivals throughout the country and Canada. Whether they’re at their home theaters in LA or Minneapolis, on the road, or online, expect the unexpected.
Organic Growers School is excited to bring this training opportunity to Southern Appalachia in partnership with Certified Naturally Grown. Holistic Crop Management aka CNG’s Bootcamp South, is a six-part webinar series led by local farmers and agricultural resource specialists. Growers will gain the tools to manage soil health, weeds, pests and diseases for whole-farm success.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Tools from the Holistic Management Framework: Learn how to view the farm as an ecosystem while managing the four ecosystem processes to establish balance and promote productivity on your farm.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
A Holistic Approach to Soil Health: Learn and apply whole farm management methods, basics of soil science and soil monitoring to increase your farm’s soil health and productivity.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Pests Holistically: Gain an ecological understanding of pest biology, and management strategies commonly used to prevent pest damage.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Disease Holistically: Discover ecologically-based preventive, and integrated practices to reduce the impact of disease on your farm.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Weeds Holistically: Understand common weed biology, ecology, and identification, as well as preventative practices to reduce weed pressure.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Implementing Holistic Decision-Making Skills for your Farm: Learn how to use the holistic management monitoring cycle for decision making on your farm.
Organic Growers School is excited to bring this training opportunity to Southern Appalachia in partnership with Certified Naturally Grown. Holistic Crop Management aka CNG’s Bootcamp South, is a six-part webinar series led by local farmers and agricultural resource specialists. Growers will gain the tools to manage soil health, weeds, pests and diseases for whole-farm success.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Tools from the Holistic Management Framework: Learn how to view the farm as an ecosystem while managing the four ecosystem processes to establish balance and promote productivity on your farm.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
A Holistic Approach to Soil Health: Learn and apply whole farm management methods, basics of soil science and soil monitoring to increase your farm’s soil health and productivity.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Pests Holistically: Gain an ecological understanding of pest biology, and management strategies commonly used to prevent pest damage.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Disease Holistically: Discover ecologically-based preventive, and integrated practices to reduce the impact of disease on your farm.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Weeds Holistically: Understand common weed biology, ecology, and identification, as well as preventative practices to reduce weed pressure.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Implementing Holistic Decision-Making Skills for your Farm: Learn how to use the holistic management monitoring cycle for decision making on your farm.
Organic Growers School is excited to bring this training opportunity to Southern Appalachia in partnership with Certified Naturally Grown. Holistic Crop Management aka CNG’s Bootcamp South, is a six-part webinar series led by local farmers and agricultural resource specialists. Growers will gain the tools to manage soil health, weeds, pests and diseases for whole-farm success.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Tools from the Holistic Management Framework: Learn how to view the farm as an ecosystem while managing the four ecosystem processes to establish balance and promote productivity on your farm.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
A Holistic Approach to Soil Health: Learn and apply whole farm management methods, basics of soil science and soil monitoring to increase your farm’s soil health and productivity.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Pests Holistically: Gain an ecological understanding of pest biology, and management strategies commonly used to prevent pest damage.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Disease Holistically: Discover ecologically-based preventive, and integrated practices to reduce the impact of disease on your farm.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Weeds Holistically: Understand common weed biology, ecology, and identification, as well as preventative practices to reduce weed pressure.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Implementing Holistic Decision-Making Skills for your Farm: Learn how to use the holistic management monitoring cycle for decision making on your farm.
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This workshop explores the tension between lyrical and narrative elements in flash. We will revise our stories to achieve the “iceberg effect.” The instructor will also share flash fiction resources, publications, and contests where you can submit your work. NOTE: This session works best if participants bring one or two stories, though this is not required. Flash fiction is a dynamic genre, and though it is not new, flash has become popular in contemporary literary culture. With the rise of social media and short attention span readers, as well as the form’s unique ability to double as prose poetry, publishing opportunities for flash fiction abound. In this workshop series, we will focus on the intensity of the short prose form as “illuminated moment.” Through prompts and exercises, we will practice writing and revising a variety of flash stories. Participants will have the opportunity to share their own flash stories for feedback, as well as read and discuss selected works as models. The classes may be taken individually or as a series. Beth Keefauver earned her Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing at the University of Tennessee, where she specialized in contemporary fiction, environmental literature, women’s studies, and served as a fiction editor for Grist. Her work has appeared in numerous national publications. Beth currently teaches creative and professional writing, environmental literature, women’s and gender studies at the University of South Carolina. This class is sponsored by Buncombe County and the Fairview Friends of the Library. Class size is limited, so register early! Call 828-250-6484 or email [email protected] to register. |
If you love experimenting with color, you’ll love making these beautiful, one-of-a-kind scarves! Deana Murchison, one of our most popular instructors, will be teaching this NEW workshop.
As you drip, blow, and manipulate the brilliant colors of alcohol ink onto silk, you’ll have fun watching intricate patterns emerge! In just a couple of hours, you’ll have created a stunning 11” x 60” scarf that you’ll be proud to wear out or give as a gift.
No dyeing, drawing, or painting experience necessary!
Organic Growers School is excited to bring this training opportunity to Southern Appalachia in partnership with Certified Naturally Grown. Holistic Crop Management aka CNG’s Bootcamp South, is a six-part webinar series led by local farmers and agricultural resource specialists. Growers will gain the tools to manage soil health, weeds, pests and diseases for whole-farm success.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Tools from the Holistic Management Framework: Learn how to view the farm as an ecosystem while managing the four ecosystem processes to establish balance and promote productivity on your farm.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
A Holistic Approach to Soil Health: Learn and apply whole farm management methods, basics of soil science and soil monitoring to increase your farm’s soil health and productivity.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Pests Holistically: Gain an ecological understanding of pest biology, and management strategies commonly used to prevent pest damage.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Disease Holistically: Discover ecologically-based preventive, and integrated practices to reduce the impact of disease on your farm.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Weeds Holistically: Understand common weed biology, ecology, and identification, as well as preventative practices to reduce weed pressure.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Implementing Holistic Decision-Making Skills for your Farm: Learn how to use the holistic management monitoring cycle for decision making on your farm.
Organic Growers School is excited to bring this training opportunity to Southern Appalachia in partnership with Certified Naturally Grown. Holistic Crop Management aka CNG’s Bootcamp South, is a six-part webinar series led by local farmers and agricultural resource specialists. Growers will gain the tools to manage soil health, weeds, pests and diseases for whole-farm success.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Tools from the Holistic Management Framework: Learn how to view the farm as an ecosystem while managing the four ecosystem processes to establish balance and promote productivity on your farm.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
A Holistic Approach to Soil Health: Learn and apply whole farm management methods, basics of soil science and soil monitoring to increase your farm’s soil health and productivity.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Pests Holistically: Gain an ecological understanding of pest biology, and management strategies commonly used to prevent pest damage.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Disease Holistically: Discover ecologically-based preventive, and integrated practices to reduce the impact of disease on your farm.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Managing Weeds Holistically: Understand common weed biology, ecology, and identification, as well as preventative practices to reduce weed pressure.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Implementing Holistic Decision-Making Skills for your Farm: Learn how to use the holistic management monitoring cycle for decision making on your farm.
Organic Growers School is partnering with Mother Earth News to jointly produce the OGS 29th Spring Conference March 18-20, 2022 at Mars Hill University. Attendees will enjoy the usual favorite array of robust workshops, with an added bonus of new speakers and vendors joining the community.
Friday’s pre-conference workshops consist of four deep-dive, all-day opportunities. Choose between “Carbon Farming and Agroforestry,” “Build It, Plumb It, Hack It: The Basics of Fix, Mend, and Make for the Farm and Garden,” “Mushrooms, Mold, and Mycorrhizae,” and “Water Resilience and Mitigation: Practical Adaptations for Farm and Home.”
Saturday and Sunday’s conference programming consist of a wide variety of short sessions and nine half-day workshops. Choose tracks that most align with your interests, such as Cooking, Forest Farming, Herbs, Living on the Land, Permaculture, and more. Presenters include Sandor Katz, Tyson Sampson, Angie Lavezzo, and more.
OGS and Mother Earth News, both organizations with deep roots in the region, are similar in mission, values, and both have deep roots in the region. This conference and partnership allows them to leverage our relationships for the benefit of their audiences.
Learn more and purchase tickets at organicgrowersschool.org/conferences/spring.
Organic Growers School is partnering with Mother Earth News to jointly produce the OGS 29th Spring Conference March 18-20, 2022 at Mars Hill University. Attendees will enjoy the usual favorite array of robust workshops, with an added bonus of new speakers and vendors joining the community.
Friday’s pre-conference workshops consist of four deep-dive, all-day opportunities. Choose between “Carbon Farming and Agroforestry,” “Build It, Plumb It, Hack It: The Basics of Fix, Mend, and Make for the Farm and Garden,” “Mushrooms, Mold, and Mycorrhizae,” and “Water Resilience and Mitigation: Practical Adaptations for Farm and Home.”
Saturday and Sunday’s conference programming consist of a wide variety of short sessions and nine half-day workshops. Choose tracks that most align with your interests, such as Cooking, Forest Farming, Herbs, Living on the Land, Permaculture, and more. Presenters include Sandor Katz, Tyson Sampson, Angie Lavezzo, and more.
OGS and Mother Earth News, both organizations with deep roots in the region, are similar in mission, values, and both have deep roots in the region. This conference and partnership allows them to leverage our relationships for the benefit of their audiences.
Learn more and purchase tickets at organicgrowersschool.org/conferences/spring.
Organic Growers School is partnering with Mother Earth News to jointly produce the OGS 29th Spring Conference March 18-20, 2022 at Mars Hill University. Attendees will enjoy the usual favorite array of robust workshops, with an added bonus of new speakers and vendors joining the community.
Friday’s pre-conference workshops consist of four deep-dive, all-day opportunities. Choose between “Carbon Farming and Agroforestry,” “Build It, Plumb It, Hack It: The Basics of Fix, Mend, and Make for the Farm and Garden,” “Mushrooms, Mold, and Mycorrhizae,” and “Water Resilience and Mitigation: Practical Adaptations for Farm and Home.”
Saturday and Sunday’s conference programming consist of a wide variety of short sessions and nine half-day workshops. Choose tracks that most align with your interests, such as Cooking, Forest Farming, Herbs, Living on the Land, Permaculture, and more. Presenters include Sandor Katz, Tyson Sampson, Angie Lavezzo, and more.
OGS and Mother Earth News, both organizations with deep roots in the region, are similar in mission, values, and both have deep roots in the region. This conference and partnership allows them to leverage our relationships for the benefit of their audiences.
Learn more and purchase tickets at organicgrowersschool.org/conferences/spring.